Wuhan Coronavirus News Updates -- February 2, 2020

AFP: Virus deaths in China pass 360, exceeding SARS mainland toll

China's death toll from the coronavirus epidemic soared past 360 on Monday, with deepening global concern about the outbreak and governments closing their borders to people from China.

The fresh toll came a day after China imposed a lockdown on a major city far from the epicentre and the first fatality outside the country was reported in the Philippines.

Authorities in Hubei, the province at the epicentre of the outbreak, reported 56 new fatalities, with one reported in the southwestern megalopolis of Chongqing. That took the toll in China to 361, exceeding the 349 mainland fatalities from the 2002-3 SARS outbreak.

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Wuhan Coronavirus News Updates -- February 2, 2020

Coronavirus: China's stock market plummets as country's death toll climbs past 360 – live updates -- The Guardian
Coronavirus: China death toll rises, evacuations continue -- DW
ANOTHER Chinese city is put on coronavirus lockdown: Officials close roads into Wenzhou and tell its nine million citizens to stay inside - as death toll in country hits 304 -- Daily Mail
China´s virus death toll spikes, more than SARS -- AFP
'Stress test': Coronavirus fatalities rise to 361 in China -- Al Jazeera
Trump says U.S. has 'shut down' coronavirus threat; China shuns U.S. help -- Reuters
NINE people are confirmed to have coronavirus in the US as the second evacuation flight heads to China to bring citizens home as global death toll reaches 305 -- Daily Mail
Australians in Wuhan fleeing coronavirus evacuate on flight bound for WA and then Christmas Island -- ABC News Online
Evacuation of Russians from China by Air Force planes scheduled for February 3-4 -- TASS
Russia suspends ALL rail passenger service with China over coronavirus outbreak starting Monday -- RT
Coronavirus: German evacuation flight from China carried two infected people -- DW
More Europeans flee China virus as plane lands in France -- AP
Hong Kong medics strike for China border closure over virus fears -- France 24
China finishes new hospital for virus patients as toll grows -- AP
Inside China's first dedicated coronavirus hospital: Pictures reveal 1,000-bed Wuhan unit that will be open to patients tomorrow after being built in just EIGHT DAYS -- Daily Mail
China Censors Top Local Media Outlet Over Claims Beijing Is Underreporting Cases, Deaths -- Zero Hedge
Coronavirus has stranded Chinese international students who fear missing university -- ABC News Online
Fears of new virus trigger anti-China sentiment worldwide -- AP
Airlines scramble to enforce new coronavirus travel restrictions in ‘imperfect system’ -- CNBC
Why a coronavirus upsurge could be devastating for South Asia -- DW